protein supply found along the coastal swamps‚ the Arawaks moved hundreds of tons of earth with wooden shovels‚ in order to build habitation mounds and raised fields for farming. According to Denis Williams this settlement strategy has sustained human population on coastal swamps during the European era and into the present. During the rainy season the Arawaks hunted a lot‚ when animals were said to migrate from lowlands in search of high ground. Animals commonly hunted were the deer‚ tapir‚ labba‚ wild
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Topic: “The Amerindians have left a legacy that forms part of the Caribbean Civilization.” Discuss. The Amerindians have left a legacy that forms part of the Caribbean Civilization. The Amerindians were two groups of people having completely different personalities. One group was the Arawaks or Taino which occupied the Greater Antilles and the other was the Caribs or Kalinago which occupied the Lesser Antilles. The Arawaks were a very peaceful group of people; slim and short‚ but firmly built
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The original Amerindians in the Caribbean consisted of three groups of people: the Ciboney‚ the Arawak‚ and the Caribs. These three groups are all linguistic‚ all speaking similar languages that are mutually comprehensible. Their cultures‚ however‚ are different. It is estimated that around 750‚000 to 10 million Amerindians occupied the Caribbean at the time of Columbus’ arrival. Today‚ there are probably no more than 3-4‚000 people of Amerindian descent living there. The Ciboney were the earliest
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IMPACT OF SPANISH COLONIZATION ON THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF TRINIDAD The history of Trinidad begins with the settlement of the island by Amerindians. This dates back to at least 7000 years at Banwari Trace which is the oldest discovered human settlement in Eastern Caribbean. The Amerindian tribes were referred to by various names‚ example: Yaio‚ Garini‚ Nepuyo‚ Warac and many others. They were described as a peaceful people. The closest approximation to formal education was father’s instructions
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see incoming people. A Taino settlement could be a small or as complex chiefdom; it was constructed in such a way that the cacique’s (the chief’s) residence was situated at the centre‚ with the general population around it. His house consisted of his entire family. The houses of the general population also housed men and their families. The Tainos practiced polygamy and the cacique was entitled to the most amount of wives. The settlement was divided and noblemen and priests were put in charge The
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HOW DO THE CARIBBEAN PEOPLE RESPOND TO OPPRESSION? 2. OPPRESSION Oppression is the experience of repeated‚ widespread‚ systemic injustice. It need not be extreme and involve the legal system (as in slavery‚ apartheid‚ or the lack of right to vote) nor violent (as in tyrannical societies). 3. What Really happened Between 1662 and 1807‚ Britain shipped 3.1 million Africans across the Atlantic ocean in the transatlantic slave trade. Africans were forcibly brought to British owned colonies in the Caribbean
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more people to be converted into Christians. Nonetheless‚ Columbus and the Europeans colonized the Native people and America so that they could better themselves and become wealthy. Despite the fact that the Europeans would conquer America‚ the Amerindians would help out the Europeans with their work but sometimes situations would escalate and arguments would burst. Europeans arrival
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David Answer 6A Caribbean Studies Mrs. Anderson "The history of the Caribbean is the history of exploitation of labour." Discuss with reference to Encomienda‚ Slavery and Indentureship. According to the Oxford Dictionary‚ exploitation is defined as being the action or condition of treating someone or a group of people unfairly in order to benefit from their work‚ also‚ labour refers to work that is done using bodily strength and effort. In a historical sense‚ the Caribbean can be defined as
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Revolutionary War starting in 1775 and then the freedom from England for America in 1776. The French and Amerindians had a working relationship. The French were very accepting of the Amerindians and it was not uncommon to see relationships between the two. This could not be said for the British and Amerindians‚ their relationship was confrontational and pugnacious. This French-Amerindian alliance was evident that is was very profiting to both involved‚ The British who
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the Caribbean. The incorporation of the Dutch into the Caribbean during the latter half of the 16th century and early 17th century came on the heels of them seeing the prosperous economic opportunities at the time dominated by the Spanish. In the Caribbean‚ the Dutch concentrated on wrestling from Portugal its grip on the sugar and slave trade through attacks on the Spanish treasure fleets on their homeward bound voyages. Though the prime and most active time for the Dutch in the Caribbean lasted
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